9: Mo Chen’s true face!

[Over the past ten years, Mo Chen constantly urged you to make a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, but you were always unable to achieve the Breakthrough. Gradually, he began to feel somewhat disappointed in you.]

[In the following few years, Mo Chen stopped providing you with Spirit Medicine and rarely came to find you anymore.]

[In the twenty-first year, ever since you found that feeling last time, you never found it again. At that time, you realized that your Spiritual Root was simply too poor.]

[In the twenty-second year, throughout this year you frantically collected Spirit Medicine that restored Soul Power, attempting to trigger a Qualitative Change through sheer quantity.]

[In the twenty-third year, you made full preparations this year and took out the Foundation Establishment Pill to prepare for the final sprint.]

[After swallowing the Foundation Establishment Pill, a wave of heat quickly spread throughout your entire body.]

[Due to many years of accumulation, you quickly achieved a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. After the Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, you did not dare to relax in the slightest, wholeheartedly capturing the abnormalities within your body.]

[Soon, you felt a strange spiritual power in your abdomen rush straight into your Sea of Consciousness, lunging fiercely toward your Soul.]

[Having made full preparations, you picked up the prepared Spirit Medicine and shoved it straight into your mouth, then began using your Soul Power to resist the gnawing of the Weird Insects.]

[However, this Weird Insect was outrageously strong; without the slightest ability to fight back, you were completely devoured.]

[You fell into unconsciousness...]

[At the moment right before you fell unconscious, you heard a familiar voice.]

["You trash, I told you to make a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment long ago. Is there any point in putting up resistance for so many years? Why do you think I gave you those Spirit Medicines? Wasn't it just to prevent you from successfully waking up to the truth!"]

[You died...]

[Triggering the talent Soul Return: On the first day after your death, your Soul returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[You saw your own familiar face, along with a person you never expected—Ye Chuxue!]

[Ye Chuxue had her entire body crippled and was dragged back. She looked at you and roared angrily.]

["I knew how it could be possible to wake up to the truth during the Qi Training Stage; there has never been such an example since ancient times. I truly regret telling you all of this. I should have slapped you to death back then, at least that way I wouldn't have ended up in this state."]

[Your Soul Return time was up, and you left the Azure Cloud Sect!]

[Ding! The simulation has ended. Choose from the following rewards.]

[1: Cultivation base of the tenth layer of Qi Training Great Perfection]

[2: Rank 2 Great Perfection Alchemist]

[3: All remaining Spirit Stones from this simulation]

[4: All genuine insights from this simulation]

[5: The talent Soul Return from this simulation!]

Seeing this, Su Ming unhesitatingly chose the reward of the Rank 2 Great Perfection Alchemist.

"It seems that old fox Mo Chen has never harbored any good intentions."

From the final simulation just now, he obtained several very useful pieces of information.

First, when he made a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment in the simulation, why were the Weird Insects he faced so powerful? It was highly likely that Mo Chen was behind it, and the Spirit Medicine given to him definitely had problems.

Secondly, after his Breakthrough failed in the end and the Weird Insects occupied his body, it was clear that the Weird Insects possessed the ability to read memories.

After learning Ye Chuxue's identity, they directly sent people to capture her and bring her back.

The final point, and also the most important one, was that currently, the only way for him to achieve a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment was to break through to the extreme state of the Qi Training Stage.

The reason he failed to break through this time was not because this path was unviable, but because his Spiritual Root was too poor, coupled with not drawing a good talent.

On the simulator's settlement page just now, he noticed a slight change.

In previous settlements, the cultivation base was always Qi Training Great Perfection, but this time it was the Tenth Layer Qi Training Great Perfection.

"Interesting!"

Thinking of this, the corners of Su Ming's mouth curved up slightly.

Next, he did not plan to rush the simulation. Instead, he intended to first stabilize his cultivation base and comprehend the Soul Power of a Rank 2 Alchemist.

...

The next day, when you woke up from your secluded cultivation state, you found someone shouting outside your Immortal Cave.

"Su Ming! Su Ming, you trash, hurry up and get out here!"

Hearing this, Su Ming frowned and walked out. When he saw that the visitor was Wang Hao, he instantly understood.

"So you really are here! You trash, why didn't you go do chores today!"

Seeing Su Ming come out, Wang Hao stepped forward and wanted to slap him across the face.

Slap!

Su Ming at this moment was no longer the Su Ming of before; without the slightest hesitation, he slapped Wang Hao and knocked him to the ground.

Su Ming stepped forward, half-squatted in front of Wang Hao, and looking at the other's blood-filled mouth, could not help but shake his head.

Wang Hao, lying on the ground, was completely dumbfounded by this point. Feeling the powerful coercion of the tenth layer of Qi Training radiating from Su Ming, he began to beg for mercy.

"Su... Su Ming, I was wrong. I'm sorry, ple... please let me go!"

"Oh? You were wrong? Where were you wrong!"

Su Ming wore an evil, charming smile as he looked at Wang Hao.

But in Wang Hao's eyes, this smile was simply that of a demon.

"I understand, I understand!"

Soon, Wang Hao handed Su Ming a ring.

"These are all the Spirit Stones I took from you over the years; today I am returning all of them to you."

"Please let me go, okay? Blame me for being blind and failing to recognize a towering mountain!"

Su Ming snatched the ring away and said coldly,

"Not enough!"

"Wh... What? Not enough?"

Wang Hao widened his eyes, looked into Su Ming's icy gaze, and gritted his teeth.

"This is my Storage Ring. All the Spirit Stones inside belong to you. Please let me go!"

At this moment, Wang Hao deeply regretted coming to find Su Ming today, while fiercely making a mental note to settle accounts with Su Ming in his heart.

Once he went back and found his older brother, he would definitely be able to kill Su Ming and snatch back the Spirit Stones.

"That's more like it!"

After taking the ring, Su Ming slowly stood up.

Seeing this scene, Wang Hao breathed a sigh of relief internally and thought to himself.

Thank goodness! Thank goodness! My life is saved. Su Ming, you just wait for me!

Although he harbored resentment towards Su Ming in his heart, his face put on a flattering expression.

"Junior Brother Su, I've given you all my Spirit Stones. Can I leave now?!"

Looking at the flattering Wang Hao, the corners of your mouth curved up slightly.

"You can, go ahead!"

"Alright, Junior Brother Su, I will definitely not look for trouble with you ever again."

Finished speaking, Wang Hao fled Su Ming's Immortal Cave without even looking back.

However, just as he reached the entrance of the Immortal Cave, a cold flash of light swept past. Wang Hao only felt a coolness on his neck, and the entire world began to spin upside down.

"Huh? That seems to be my body. What's wrong with me?"

Head and body separated, Su Ming walked over to Wang Hao's corpse.

"I did say you could leave, but I never said I would let you off."

After dealing with Wang Hao's corpse, Su Ming knew that the other party had an older brother, but that person was merely a Cultivator at the eighth layer of Qi Training, posing no pressure to him at all.

The most important thing now was still to quickly think of a way to achieve a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

After tidying up everything, Su Ming opened the simulator once more.

[The simulation begins!]

[Drawing random talents!]

[Congratulations on obtaining the red-tier talent: Young Supreme!]

[Young Supreme: Makes you a Prodigy rarely seen through the ages. Even as a Mortal, you will be able to become a Great Emperor in the future. In your middle age, you will begin to encounter various disasters...]